At least seven people have been killed as powerful tropical storm Yuena battered the Southeast Asian country of the Philippines, local authorities said. On Tuesday (May 28), the country’s President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that search and rescue operations are still underway. Yuena’s impact brought storms and heavy rains to states south of the capital […]
Read MorePakistan is burning in intense heat. The temperature in the historical city of Mohenjodaro in the southern province of Sindh reached 52.2 degrees Celsius. Sardar Sarfraz, chief executive of the Pakistan Meteorological Department, told Reuters news agency that the temperature recorded in Mohenjodaro on Monday was the highest temperature of the season so far. The […]
Read MoreBy Abdullah Al Masum At least 15 people were killed in India and Bangladesh as Cyclone Remal left a trail of destruction in coastal areas. The cyclone, named after the Arabic word for sand, made landfall on Sunday at about 8.30pm between India’s Sagar Island, about 100km from Kolkata in the eastern state of West […]
Read MoreIn the early hours of Monday, Mount Ibu on Halmahera island once again demonstrated the volatile nature of Indonesia’s seismic landscape by erupting and spewing a six-kilometre high cloud of ash into the sky. This latest eruption is part of a concerning pattern of increased volcanic activity in the region. The eruption occurred at 03:30 […]
Read MoreAt least 16 people, including women and children, have died in severe floods in Afghanistan’s Baghlan and Badakhshan provinces. On Monday (May 27), NDTV reported this information in a report. Badakhshan Province was the worst affected by the floods. There, 10 members of a family died and one was injured. Besides, six people died in […]
Read MoreOn a stifling hot day this May, farm worker Shobha Londhe is reminded of the desperate conditions that led her husband to take his own life. It’s the hottest and driest summer in years, she said, and for farm workers that often means little to no income, rising debts and intolerable heat. Londhe, a resident […]
Read MoreTanvi Mehta, Reuters South Asia is experiencing extreme weather conditions, with at least nine killed due to a suspected heat stroke in India’s west, while parts of Bangladesh and neighbouring states are likely to be hit by a cyclone in a couple of days. Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse most likely […]
Read MoreThe temperature reached 47.8 degrees in most of the regions, including the capital of India, New Delhi. In such a situation, the state government of Delhi has issued a five-day ‘red alert’. The period of this red alert has started from Monday. A temperature of 47.8 degree Celsius was recorded in Delhi’s Najafgarh district last […]
Read MoreA powerful earthquake struck near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of the Japanese capital Tokyo, on Tuesday. It was initially reported as 6 on the Richter scale. No tsunami warning has been issued. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said this. The Meteorological Agency also said that the earthquake struck at 9:39 am […]
Read MoreThe massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in reefs around the globe, scientists warned Thursday. Amid record ocean temperatures, coral bleaching has been recorded in 62 countries and territories since February 2023, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said — an increase of nine from […]
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